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6 ~& t7 v8 j+ EBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not 3 O  u; K& D! B; w
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the
5 }! ~6 v9 \7 F. v* p9 N) p' b! Bcompanies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
* u' p) Y' d+ E2 Gthese oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if
8 A: Q. s9 E; h# K# `! L1 [crude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell, * M, m9 B) R* E- E, ?2 r, W6 W
EXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils 7 P+ o' R: }1 ?7 e/ Y
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Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few
0 S. G2 D$ p* p' J9 `! p5 _1 Omonths. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan. , n' a7 Q! Q: H# \
A year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at ( P4 {  L" M. h2 ^( t8 ]7 q: h8 s: p
least $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount. $ }' Y1 R9 D5 p1 ^" T

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There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face ! E. [7 E# w2 y6 x+ I
of so much news. These reasons are: " Q! R: s2 C! _  K
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( M) g0 f6 H. ^+ d& M! o+ U1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and
; t- q% i2 g1 E& O0 sin the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
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7 b* T! K! p& k% t* P3 X7 @" B/ a% I2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. + f9 J" q  W! w- q; _
This is the largest find in North America. & J( I) j2 O6 u5 u4 [, T: k% l8 c8 w
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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is , |3 X, `- }/ b
being used to double their output. % L9 h; L# w. J7 |6 ~. K7 `7 y

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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio 7 o. z2 w- {& `
fuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production ; R0 X2 X% _& u
potential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are
, Q0 O9 o+ K: B& v* x- \racing to produce bio fuels. # o. h2 a, n0 z+ |# y. H) b

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5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants , L7 L; d6 S! s1 N6 [
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
+ ~4 J7 e/ v# Q1 Ucattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat - S: `& r% t8 ^0 |
to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is + R* K* p3 w5 h. y( G/ N
producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat.
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6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and # e6 ?6 \! T2 @$ X9 e- K1 w, p
construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
% ^& T9 Y5 U7 W! s6 V5 c9 bexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce 1 z* v6 Z+ Y9 ~( u) P
will replace oil. & ^; O9 J2 A$ ~) A# q9 V
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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing
6 U& C' Y0 H* e# ?5 T$ Zolder equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
1 S  @; Y! I2 W9 x' h% {with new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies
' @' u" k2 w/ }( y# Y6 t# g: {are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new
6 i  e' }( u. G: m) kequipment.
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Airlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
/ M' h6 L' O5 ^fuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.
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  c9 _1 q7 l7 Z" H% |  I/ s/ R8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
. f* d  {' i9 Ccapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas ( }& P# u, U% S( |. j6 `6 _
available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude
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9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2 + g5 e0 P: P0 N6 {
produced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
: {  i# ]0 v  f5 K' Yoil wells.
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  P1 Y; G8 K; J2 i! O10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy 5 ]/ S. R* `% c( V: E4 j! d" n# T
source. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US.
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Each of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the . q& Z% K/ e% k! Z3 B9 N: [
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world
# z- k2 |/ D: R2 x1 nchanging. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability 3 V9 }. ?9 F) u1 @
to control oil prices. + x* B' p6 D; O4 l
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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under
$ A& c6 a/ {$ X2 y" l$ Fperformed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified 7 B* x5 _2 w+ l/ m% C4 s9 b3 W
value ..... 3 q# \6 u% M6 m' V7 r3 B2 {) a
IAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ...
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/ {9 F6 L9 n! o& w1 uThe above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
9 O+ y) p5 y& L/ r2009 ... FYI-Only
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